Make sure to check Penobscot county records. That’s why I still go, because I have never had a problem.Use this link to search employment history for Mr Quick's Oil Lube and search employment history.Ĭounties publish data that may contain information about people. Though I cannot speak for every location, the one I was at strove to be perfect in every service.
That’s just my two cents’ worth, though, having spent time working for a Jiffy Lube. So, really, the recommendations are usually in the best interest of the client, though it does feel like there’s a laundry list every time a person comes in. It bothered me a little to know that even though it was her choice, she could have paid $80 that day rather than $1500 (loose estimation) for a new radiator when it blows from bad antifreeze. Knowing that this was a potentially dangerous situation, we showed her the cap, explained the danger, and recommended strongly that she get the flush…which she adamantly declined. For example, a lady came in for an oil change, and we looked at the radiator reservoir and cap as part of our inspection–somewhere along the line, it looked like she had mixed the standard antifreeze with Dex-Cool, resulting in gelatinous gunk all over the reservoir and cap. In the end, it’s really more about preventative maintenance, which costs less than when something that could have been prevented goes seriously wrong.
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On the extra services, everything that is in the database we refer to comes out of the owner’s manual for that particular vehicle model. There is a lot of hate out there, and it only takes one bad experience to ruin a company’s reputation. These were things that horrified me, because I’m all about ethical business practices.īesides, screwing up costs the company money and clients, and we (naturally) wanted to keep as many as possible.Įven though we did not have any bad oil changes while I was there, I still remember clearly the day I was holding an oil change special sign outside and got flipped off by a driver. I had also heard stories of the local competitor (another quick-lube place) that would take transmission dipsticks and dip them in a cocktail of oil, transmission fluid, and who knows what else–then take the dipstick to the customer and convince him or her that they needed a transmission fluid exchange. I’m sorry to hear of the hate for quick lube places I used to work for one years ago and while we only had one accident while I was there (a woman’s vehicle came in with the radiator cap not screwed on properly, so one of our employees got burned when the cap shot off and hot antifreeze covered his forearm), we were meticulous about using the right filters and oils for each vehicle that came in. My opinion is subject to change with new facts. Personally I think what you’re seeing is quick lube shops handle many times the oil changes than dealers and local mechanics, and you’re just see the same percentage of errors, but being a chain people can say quick lube did this to my car and someone else n say the same thing even when it was in a different town or a different quick lube location.ĭo they hard sell, well my local dealer changed the oil on my car and a list that included at least 20 items that included a service they just performed a few months earlier (coolant flush and change)īasically I do the same thing after every oil change, quick lube place or not, open the hood make sure everything is in the proper place, check the dip stick, and look under the car for oil leaks. In most places, oil changes are handled by the least experienced person they have, and even small shop will often hire someone to handle jobs that don’t require a lot of experience. Is it worst at a quick lube place, maybe, but how many oil changes does your mechanic or dealer do when compared to a quick lube place? Most of the complaints I’ve heard about quick lube places I’ve also heard about at your local mechanic and dealer.
My quick lube place charges is less than $30 and when I factor in my time to change the oil, take the old oil to be re-cycled, the mess and everything it’s just cheaper for me to have them do it. And since I really can’t change oil as cheap as he can. He doesn’t try the hard sell, very friendly. Well, I don’t hate them, but I live in a smallish town with only one quick lube place, and I know the owner and most of his employees have been there worked for him for a year or more.
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